The Outlook Podcast Archive - Triumph and Tragedy in a Boy Band

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The turn of the millennium was the golden age of Boy Bands and leading the genre was British Norwegian pop group, a1. But what's it like to be a teen heart-throb, with tens of thousands of girls across the world professing their undying love for you? Former a1 singer Ben Adams talks to Matthew Bannister about his experience as a pop idol.

Image: Boy band a1 with Ben Adams (RHS). Credit: Sony Music

Published on Thursday, 1st March 2018.

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